CLINICAL EVALUATION OF PRIMARY ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS A STUDY OF LIVING AND POST MORTEM CASES

Primary endocardial fibroelastosis (EFE) is a cardiomyopathy of unknown origin that affects infants and young children. We treated 6 cases of EFE. 4 cases are alive and 2 cases died. The important prognostic factors are : duration of untreated period, low voltage and extremely high voltage in the le...

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Published inThe KITAKANTO Medical Journal Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 125 - 132
Main Authors HIRONO, KAZUKI, ONO, SANAYASU, KOBAYASHI, TOSHIHIRO, TASHIRO, MASAHIKO, KOSUDA, TAKASHI, TABATA, HIROSHI, KOBAYASHI, TOMIO, SONE, KATSUHIKO
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published The Kitakanto Medical Society 01.03.1992
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Primary endocardial fibroelastosis
Remission
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ISSN0023-1908
1883-6135
DOI10.2974/kmj1951.42.125

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Summary:Primary endocardial fibroelastosis (EFE) is a cardiomyopathy of unknown origin that affects infants and young children. We treated 6 cases of EFE. 4 cases are alive and 2 cases died. The important prognostic factors are : duration of untreated period, low voltage and extremely high voltage in the left chest leads of the electrocardiogram and a high degree of fibroelastosis histologically. The LV functions of the 3 living cases have not improved on echocardiography despite intensive treatment, so careful follow up is necessary.
ISSN:0023-1908
1883-6135
DOI:10.2974/kmj1951.42.125